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Re: 8466 4 wheel steering?
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lugnet.technic
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Mon, 27 Aug 2001 02:05:19 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Chris Fenter writes:
> In lugnet.technic, Fredrik Glöckner writes:
> > "Chris Fenter" <chris@i-axis.freeserve.co.uk> writes:
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> > > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=6522
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> > That's very interesting! Looks like they have simply shrinked the
> > 8880-setup. Very cleverly done.
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> agreed!
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> > Can I ask a question about the hole in the yellow thing with the four
> > ball joints? Is the diameter of the hole the same as the ordinary
> > technic axles? I.e., can you put a technic axle through it in the
> > usual way? It looks abit wider to me, but it's hard to tell.
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> As they stand, slim chance of a cross-axle going through in the normal way,
> as the yellow & black parts are pre-assembled (I'll let someone else try
> separating them first...!!), and there's a bulkhead/lip inside the black
> piece which has a small hole in it - smaller than a cross-axle [large enough
> to let a flex cable (but not a flex housing) through].
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> The yellow piece would, I am sure, allow a cross-axle through it alone, if
> it were separated from the black piece, but it's anyone's guess as to the
> internal diameter (yes, it's wider than a cross-axle), so there's the
> question of how to seat it. (It looks about the same diameter as a new,
> toothless half-bush, but there's a lip & I can't tell without dismantling • it...)
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> I'm sure there's a way of inserting a cross axle through the yellow piece
> alone, but it doesn't look straightforward, and I don't want to damage my
> parts so soon by trying to separate them! (Service Pack, TLG, PLEASE!!)
Looks like you could attach a pulley (or 2) to the black piece, and run an axle
into that.
ROSCO
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| (...) how did I miss that?! Yep, I've tried it now; I attached 8462 wheels to them, and it works a treat - 2 pulleys makes sure there's no play. The problem is that, even with the wheels fitted as inboard as possible, flipped so that the track is (...) (23 years ago, 27-Aug-01, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) agreed! (...) As they stand, slim chance of a cross-axle going through in the normal way, as the yellow & black parts are pre-assembled (I'll let someone else try separating them first...!!), and there's a bulkhead/lip inside the black piece (...) (23 years ago, 26-Aug-01, to lugnet.technic)
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